Dear all,

To my knowledge Mörch came from Danmark. In Germany where ö, ü and so on
are used, the ' " ' is called an umlaut. Unfortunately, I don't know what
the
' / ' is called. I think they have it in Sweden and Norway as well.
There is a nice example, when a "oe" cannot be changed into ' ö '. This is
the case with the Dutch malacologist Van der Hoeven who's name is sometimes
incorrectly spelled as Van der Höven). To complicate matters: the Dutch '
oe ' is pronounced like the German ' u ', and the Dutch ' u ' is pronounced
like the German ' ü '.

Gijs

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> Van: Harry G. Lee <[log in to unmask]>
> Aan: [log in to unmask]
> Onderwerp: Re: Aurthors
> Datum: maandag 17 april 2000 0:28
>
> Dear Harry, Andrew V. et al.,
>
> I am not much on Germanic languages, but I have noticed that recent
literature
> features a change in the diacritical mark in the name of the great Danish
> malacologist, Otto Andreas Lawson Moerch (1828-1878).  Malacologists have
been
> dutifully placing an umlaut over the "o" of his surname for over a
century.
> Apparently that's not de rigeur (see; I DO know a little French).  Some
> contemporary writers have eschewed Mörch in favor of Mørch.  Can anyone
confirm
> that these revisionists are correct in this action?  European
subscribers,
> linguists, anyone?  Also what do you call the / in ø?
>
> Harry
>
>
> At 03:31 PM 4/16/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Harry J Berryman wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi All;
> >>
> >> With all the talk about authors I thought I would ask for a little
> >> different version.
> >> I am intrigued with the old work typing like:
> >>
> >> Linnæus
> >> Röding
> >> Müller
> >>
> >> Does any one know of others?
> >>
> >> Thank You
> >>
> >> Harry Berryman
> >> Xenophora Nut
> >
> >How about Morch, Muhlhauser, amd Schroter ?
>
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